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Infographic: Following MAP-21 Funding

Jan 14, 2013

The new federal transportation bill, MAP-21, reinforces the critical importance of state and local bicycle advocacy.

Now that Congress has passed the law, the game is played at the state regional level. Our Advocacy Advance team is working with advocates in each state who are coordinating efforts to ensure state Departments of Transportation and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) make bicycling and walking a priority. While it’s critical that agencies use all of the federal-aid programs available (as we explained on this webinar), it’s also important to understand the Transportation Alternatives program.

Why? Even though its small in terms of total dollars, the largest percentage of funding goes to biking and walking.

It’s not a simple process, so we created a helpful infographic on how the TA program funds flow from states to your communities: